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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Mandalay - The Cultural City


The talent of the local artisan craftsmen in Mandalay never stopped .
If I wasn't watching  gold leaf being made, it was a demonstration on making bamboo paper where the fibers are soaked for three years, or silver being beaten into an ornate goblet, creative puppeteers,  weaving,  embroidery, woodworking to the dust of marble carving.

Intricate wood carvings
wood carving.
Most artesans seems to prefer working on the floor

Young girls display their talent at embroidery

Puppetry

ceramics

More detailed embroidery

Carving a Buddhas face out of marble

Knife painting

Hand made paper umbrellas

Weaving

The dust of marble carving

Silversmith artesan

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